News archive from 28 November 2016

ENVIRONMENTAL activist actors performed unofficially in the British Museum at the weekend in protest at the prestigious institution’s continuing sponsorship by oil giant BP.
The campaigning thespians performed for four hours to deliver their message...

Corbyn joins campaign as actvists mobilise across Britain to care for the NHS
LABOUR launched a “Care for the NHS” campaign at the weekend with hundreds of stalls and petitions across the country.
Party members mobilised on Saturday to expose the...

Cuban revolutionary hero saw off 10 US presidents and 670 attempts to kill him
CUBAN revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died peacefully in bed surrounded by family members on Friday night, having thwarted the efforts of 10 US presidents to overthrow...

More people pour onto the streets despite worsening weather
DEMONSTRATIONS demanding South Korea President Park Geun Hye’s resignation reached new heights at the weekend, when hundreds of thousands of marchers took to the streets nationwide....

The rude health of British hip-hop is reflected in the BBC's Sound of 2017 line-up, with urban artists making up half of this year's longlist.
Building on the success of grime acts Stormzy, Kano and Skepta - who won this year's Mercury Prize -...

SYRIAN government forces and their allies advanced deep into east Aleppo yesterday amid a swift collapse of rebel defences, threatening to split the opposition-held enclave into two parts along an east-west axis.
The advance into the city’s Sakhour...

HUNDREDS of gay rights activists paraded through New Delhi yesterday, highlighting the continuing discrimination suffered by India’s LGBT community and demanding the repeal of a law criminalising homosexual activity.
As they marched to the beat of...

“TODAY is a sad day, but at the same time not a sad day as Fidel’s legacy and spirit lives on,” Bolivia’s ambassador to Britain Roberto Calzadilla told the Adelante conference on Saturday.
While we mourn the loss of one of the 20th century’s greatest...

In the wake of Fidel Castro’s death, STEVEN WALKER takes a look back at the astonishing life and times of Cuba’s revolutionary leader and socialist hero
ALTHOUGH Fidel Castro is dead, the new Cuban leadership is continuing his legacy to defend the...

With the soft left fixated on fighting socialist allies rather than the rising threat of fascism, Brexit is Corbyn’s chance to set a new agenda, writes CHARLEY ALLAN
LABOUR’S very own Lord Voldemort has returned. “He who cannot be named” — the party...

Forty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols released the seminal album Anarchy in the UK. MARK PERRYMAN remembers
FOR SOME of us of a certain age it still seems like only yesterday. For others it is something to breathlessly boast to our children or...

Despite playing much of the match with 14 men, Red Rose battle to defeat Argentina at home to set up record-tying match with Australia this weekend
England 27-14 Argentina
by David Nicholson
at Twickenham
TRIUMPHANT England coach Eddie Jones praised...

Mulgrew dealt superbly with Mitrovic before hooking in the 75th minute winner that lifted Blackburn out of the bottom three.
The Scotland international might have had a tougher day against the pace of 13-goal Dwight Gayle, who was on the bench for all...

Arsenal 3-1 Bournemouth
by Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
at Ashburton Grove
The scoreline might reflect a comfortable win for Arsenal against Bournemouth yesterday afternoon but it was everything but that as the visitors easily could have left Ashburton...

The British ace twice went ignored instructions from his bosses on the radio late on as he tried to force new champion Nico Rosberg into the clutches of the chasing pack.
Hamilton needed to win the race and his Mercedes rival to finish off the podium...